Seville

From (possibly through a Middle French form) Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “plain, valley”). Compare Hebrew שפלה (shfela, “lowland”), Arabic سافل (safil, “lowly”).

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɪl/, but usually /ˈsEvəl/, in the late-stressed expression Seville orange.

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

Seville

1. The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.
2. A province of Andalusia, Spain.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Tulare County, California.
   2. A census-designated place in Volusia County, Florida.
   3. A census-designated place in Wilcox County, Georgia.
   4. A township in Gratiot County, Michigan.
   5. A village in Medina County, Ohio.
4. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.
5. A surname.

• (1): Hims al-Andalus (historical), Ishbiliyah (historical), Pearl of Andalusia (informal)

• Sevillan/Sevillian/Sevillano
• Seville orange

• vellies, vielles